Hydrocarbon-burner



c. B. SIMMONS.

HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICAT |0N FILED FEB. 12,1919.

Patented Oct. 12,1920.

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c. B. SIMMONS.

HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-12,19I9.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

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UNITED STATES CORNELIUS B. SIMMONS, WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented O t. 12 1920 Application filed February 12, 1919. Serial No. 276,651.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS B. SIM- MONS, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Windsor, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners, of which the followin is a specification. The invention is designed for the principal purpose of providing an oil burning device to be used particularly in the fire boxes or fire chambers of stoves so that an intense heat may be had in the latter. The invention consists essentially of a base made preferably of cast iron which carries thereon the burners proper, the oil supply for the burners being carried through conducting mediums positioned between the burners so that the oil used for fuel may be converted into gas before it reaches the burners. .Provision is made .for the adequate draining from all parts of the device and for the proper cleaning thereof, and provision is also made for regulating the amount of air admitted for admixture with the fuel to produce an adequate fuel mixture for burnmg.

The invention is further designed to pro vide a device of this character which is simple in construction, durable and effective in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

While illustrated and described in a specific embodiment the invention is not to be restricted to such. Its actual practical ap-' plication may show certain desirable changes or alterations to'be of advantage, and the right is claimed to make any, in so far as they do not deviate in scope from the annexed claims. r

The same numerals of reference designate the same parts throughout the several figures of drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View showing the device positioned in the fire box of a stove, this figure being partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a modified form of gas producing chamber.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 4.

As shown, the invention comprises a burner apparatus D, carried in the fire box B, on whose side walls C it is supported, the burners proper being positioned directly be low the lids A of the stove. The invention comprises a base portion 5 made preferably of cast iron, and formed so asto adequately support the burners 18, the latter being centrally disposed with reference to the width of the base, but at equally distant points on opposite sides of the longitudinal center thereof. Fuel supply means 17 communicate with the burners 18 and with these supply means there is an upstanding supply member in the form of a tubular member 15 provided with a centrally disposed division wall 16 which divides this tubular member 15 so that fuel entering at one-side of the web is directed to one of the burners 18 and that admitted at the other side to the other of said burners.

Adjacent either end of the base 5 there is provided an upstanding pipe 6 and these two pipes operate in conjunction with the circular burner retorts 11, and the tubular member 15 to support the burners 18. Each of these circular retorts is provided with a diametrically disposed web 12 at the center of which there is carried a flame spreader 13 positioned directly above the burner 18. The circular retorts 11 are of hollow construction, and since fuel is designed for admission first into the retorts and then into the burner, the former are made hollow and fuel is admitted through the pipes 6 to the retorts and thence into the burners, the flames from each striking the spreader 13 and serving to gasify the fuel carried inthe retorts. I

Fuel is admitted to either of the pipes 6 from a tubular member 2, which connects the said pipes through short pipes 3, valves 4 being-interposedin the pipes 3 and fuel being led to the tubular member 2 through a pipe 1 connecting with a source of fuel supply.

Mounted upon the base and surrounding each pipe 6 there is a tubular member 7 whose walls stand in spaced relation to the outer walls of the pipe 6, thus providing air conveniently regulated.

To provide for the draining of the tubular members 15 and supply tubes 1'7, there are employed the screw plugs 19 positioned adjacent the points of juncture of the tubular member 17 with the tubular member 16.

In Figs. 4 and 5 there is shown a modification of the retort structure. In this instance the retort 25 is of similar shape to the retort 11 but instead of being provided with the diametrically disposed member 13 it carries a thin weblike disk 28, which serves as a flame spreader to direct the flame against the inner circular walls of the retort, fuel being admitted to the retort through the tubular member 27 and leading it through the tubular member 26 to reach a burner similar to burner 18, and attended with similar operative connections with the retort.

In the operation of the device either one or both of the valves 4 are open and fuel is thus permitted to flow from the tubular member 2 into the pipe 6 through the retort to the burner 18, the fuel'supply means being high enough to permit the fuel to reach the burner by gravity. After the burner has been lighted, the flame therefrom is directed by the spreader 18 against the inner circular walls of the retort and the heat thus produced converts the oil into gas and the air admitted through the attendant branch pipe 10 by the proper regulation of the pipe 1O provides a proper fuel mixture for making a white hot flame. It is obvious that either burner may be used individually or the two used. at the same time, and the device may be placed in the fire box of a stove, as shown, whereby the latter may be used for heating and cooking without the use of coal fuel.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a base, upstanding pipes supported by the base adjacent either end, burners'positioned above the base, an upstanding tubular member connecting with the burners, retorts supporting the upstanding tubular member and being in turn supported by the pipes with both of which they connect, a tubular member having means for connection with a source of fuel supply, valve control connections between the said member and the pipes, and means connected with the pipes whereby air may be admitted for mixture with the fuel at the time of its conversion into gas and prior to its entrance into the burners.

, 2. In a device of the kind described com prising a base, upstanding pipes carried by the base adjacent either end, burners positioned above the base, an upstanding tubu lar member supporting the burners, retorts connected with and supporting the upstanding tubular member, the retorts being con nected with the upstanding pipes and supported thereby and being of annular shape and provided with diametrically disposed members, the retorts being hollow, flame spreaders carried by the diametrically disposed members and positioned above the burners, means for admitting fuel to the retorts, and means for admitting air to the retorts for the formation of a proper fuel mixture for transfer to the burners.

3. A device of the kind described comprising-a base, upstanding pipes, supported by the base adjacent either end, burners positioned above the base, an upstanding tubular member connecting with and supporting the burners, retorts connecting with and supporting the upstanding tubular member, the said retorts connecting with and being supported by the upstanding pipes, means for admitting fuel to the retorts, means for admitting air to the retorts, the re torts being of annular shape and provided with diametrically disposed members across the open portions thereof, and flame spreaders carried by the said members and posi tioned above the burners for the useful purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CORNELIUS B. SIMMONS. 

